# Mark a chat read

`POST /api/contacts/{phone}/read`  (operationId: `markRead`, group: Contacts)

Marks every unread customer message in the chat as read. A dashboard session also records that the signed-in team member opened the chat (seen-by). A key marking a chat read is an integration, so nothing is recorded as a person looking.

Part of the full API, which is included in the Scale plan. Any one of these scopes is enough: `contacts`.

**Parameters**

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `phone` | path | string | yes | Contact phone number with the country code, digits only. A leading + is accepted. A 10-digit number with no country code is treated as Indian (91 is added). |

**Response 200**: Marked.

Example:

```json
{
  "success": true
}
```

Part of the InboxWA API reference: https://inboxwa.online/docs/api . Full reference as one document: https://inboxwa.online/docs/api.md . OpenAPI: https://inboxwa.online/openapi.json